LOUIS COMFORT TIFFANY (1848-1933)

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10.06.2022 14:00 UTC -04:00
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ID 773251
Lot 428 | LOUIS COMFORT TIFFANY (1848-1933)
LOUIS COMFORT TIFFANY (1848-1933)
Armchair for the George Kemp House, 720 Fifth Avenue, New York, circa 1880
execution attributed to Herter Brothers, New York
white oak, brass, leather upholstery
42 x 26 x 21 3⁄4 in. (106.7 x 66 x 55.2 cm)
impressed 5292




Provenance

George Kemp, 720 Fifth Avenue, New York, commissioned from Louis C. Tiffany, circa 1880
Margaret Caldwell, New York
The Garden Museum Collection, Matsue, Japan, circa 1990
Allen Michaan, California, acquired from the above, 2012



Literature

G. William Sheldon, Artistic Houses, vol. 1, pt. 1, New York, 1883, pp. 53-56, pl. 33 (for the present lot in situ at the George Kemp house)
The Opulent Interiors of the Gilded Age, New York, 1987, pp. 132-135, pl. 139-142 (for period photographs of the George Kemp house), pl. 141 (for the present lot in situ at the George Kemp house)
A. Duncan, M. Eidelberg, and N. Harris, Masterworks of Louis Comfort Tiffany, London, 1989, p. 19 (present lot illustrated)
A. Duncan, Louis Comfort Tiffany, New York, 1992, p. 34 (for the present lot in situ at the George Kemp house)
T. Horiuchi, A Selection of 300 Works from Louis C. Tiffany Garden Museum, Japan, 2001, p. 173, no. 253 (present lot illustrated)
A. Duncan, Louis C. Tiffany: The Garden Museum Collection, Suffolk, 2004, pp. 78-79 (present lot illustrated)



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Last image: The dining room in the residence of George Kemp at 720 Fifth Avenue, New York, circa 1879
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